Independent Senators chief calls budget process ‘opaque,’ ‘unfair,’ demands more money

‘How is it that a group with 39 Senators gets less than another with 34, when we do the same work, in the same place, and at the same time?’ asks Independent Senators Group facilitator Yuen Pau Woo.

Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, facilitator of the Independent Senators Group, left, and deputy facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain have requested a boost to their budget to reflect a ‘fair and equitable distribution of Senate resources.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

December 20, 2017

The Independent Senators Group is asking for a $200,000 budget boost next year beyond the $1.06-million allotted to it, citing an "opaque and unfair" process that members say should be determined by proportionality. The facilitator of the growing Independent caucus says its slated budget won’t b...

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